Are you passionate about helping young people build a better future? This course will prepare you as a teacher to inspire students to care about their own wellbeing and that of others. This is about more than reinventing how young people learn to cook. Through practical classroom experience and research-driven academic learning you will learn how to help young people become citizens of a planet in which food security is under threat, resources are finite and health challenges persist.
The curriculum aims to develop knowledgeable consumers with an awareness of global citizenship and its responsibilities. The world needs people who are able to make sound judgements, appreciating the impact that developments in technology, materials and resources have on their choices and wellbeing. You will be encouraged to interrogate prevailing assumptions, practices and policy. You will explore interconnected topics including food poverty, body image, eating disorders and social media, and debate issues such as the impact of food bank use on people and their communities and how we can understand the obesity-poverty paradox.
The course will collaborate with local organisations and charities so you can gain hands-on experience and real-world knowledge. School counsellors, school nurses and other health specialists will run workshops on topics including cyber bullying, child exploitation, neglect, welfare and rights.
You will be studying at a university that has an unrivalled history of teaching this subject – the institution that is now QMU was established in 1875 as the Edinburgh School of Cookery. Its original purpose was to address two key problems facing society at that time – improving educational opportunities for women and the need to bring about an improvement in diets, particularly for working-class families from poorer backgrounds. We were progressive and inclusive then and we are proud to still be so today.
At QMU we also offer courses in health sciences, gastronomy and nutrition, and on this interdisciplinary PGDE course you will learn additional skills from our experts in these fields.
Scottish students will be guaranteed a job for one year in a Scottish school following graduation as part of the GTCS Teacher Induction Scheme. After graduating, candidates register with the GTCS for provisional registration and on successful completion of a probationary teaching year will be awarded full registration.
Course Details - Modules
* Reflective and Critical Practice (Placement Modules) (40 credits)
* Home Economics in the 21st Century (40 credits)
* Education: Theory, Practice and Research 1 (20 credits)
* Education: Theory, Practice and Research 2 (20 credits)
Course Details – Assessment Method
School placements will account for some of the contact hours. You will undertake independent learning tasks and student-led lectures, presentations, debates, seminars and practicums.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
General Teaching Council for Scotland
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
0001
Institution code:
Q25
Campus Name:
Queen Margaret University
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Successful applicants must, as a minimum, meet the requirements as set by the Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Courses of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland produced by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which specifies general entrance requirements for all applicants and subject specific requirements for Secondary applicants.
Minimum entry requirements:
• a degree validated by a higher education institution in the United Kingdom or a degree of an equivalent standard from an institution outside the United Kingdom
• the degree should normally contain 80 SCQF credit points relevant to the teaching qualification being studied
• 40 of these credits points must have been studied at SCQF level 8 (or above) from at least two of the following areas: consumer studies, food studies, food or textile technology, nutrition
• the other 40 credits are needed in any subject relevant to the Home Economics curriculum in Scottish schools (eg family studies, food sciences, health, hospitality or textile studies
PLUS
• A National Qualification in English at SCQF Level 6, for example:
- Higher English Grade C or;
- A Level English, Grade D or;
- GCSE English Language AND English Literature, at 4/C IN BOTH or;
- Irish Leaving Certificate Higher English at Grade 4/C2.
Please note that Higher ESOL is acceptable for entry to PGDE Secondary Education (Home Economics) only. It is not accepted for entry to BA (Hons) Education Studies (Primary).
AND
• A National Qualification in Mathematics at SCQF Level 5, for example:
-Standard Grade/Int 2/National 5 Mathematics Grade C or;
-GCSE Mathematics at 4/C or;
-Irish Leaving Certificate Mathematics Ordinary Grade 3/B3.
Please note National 5 Lifeskills/Applications Mathematics is accepted in place of National 5 Mathematics.
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS with an overall score equivalent to 6.5 and with no individual component less than 6.0.
